# The BBQ Pit **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/the-bbq-pit/11.md?page=193 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 194 --- ## [Fuck You, Girlfriend's Brother](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-girlfriends-brother/645586)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 432\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2013, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-you-girlfriends-brother/645586 "2013-01-06T06:28:14Z")
I guess it’s not enough that you essentially ruin Christmas by: A) Screaming obscenities at your mother several days beforehand and running away from home B) Pushing my girlfriend to the brink on christmas eve and sayi… --- ## [Just give me my fucking money, already!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-give-me-my-fucking-money-already/643665)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-give-me-my-fucking-money-already/643665 "2013-01-05T04:12:35Z")
It’s been a month since we started consolidating all these small 401(k) plans, IRA plans, etc into one account, and to date TWO out of six have shown up in the destination accounts. We’re not talking a fortune here, but… --- ## [I am a light sleeper.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-light-sleeper/259433)
**Author:** [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2013, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-a-light-sleeper/259433 "2013-01-04T14:22:04Z")
A butterfly flaps it’s wings in china. I wake up. The dog thinks about barking. I wake up. A fly lands on the chimney. I wake up. There are about a hundred different things that can and do wake me up. It’s ok if I… --- ## [Oh for FFS Republicans! Why don't you go home and put your big boy pants on?!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-ffs-republicans-why-dont-you-go-home-and-put-your-big-boy-pants-on/645723)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-for-ffs-republicans-why-dont-you-go-home-and-put-your-big-boy-pants-on/645723 "2013-01-03T18:16:09Z")
Oh you poor Repubs! The President is calling you on your BS and now you want to cry about it. \[QUOTE=Huffpo\] In the process, the president irked several Republican aides, who suggested that the entire fiscal cliff deal… --- ## [I pit the current AR-15 market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-current-ar-15-market/645445)
**Author:** [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Replies:** 148\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2013, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-the-current-ar-15-market/645445 "2013-01-03T16:06:36Z")
I guess I read in the early Sandy Hook coverage that the shooter had used 2 small handguns. I then put aside my usual morbid curiosity about school shootings and stopped reading any news about it because I have a daught… --- ## [I pit Flash videos. Youtube, Metube, HeSheIttube, whatever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-flash-videos-youtube-metube-hesheittube-whatever/645391)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-flash-videos-youtube-metube-hesheittube-whatever/645391 "2013-01-02T16:19:11Z")
Bloody Hell!!! kicks computer screen, throws mouse out the window Does this ^!@E%&# video format have any purpose in life other than to present videos while preventing folks from downloading their own local copies? I… --- ## [Dick Armey receives $8 million payday for walking away from tea party group.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-armey-receives-8-million-payday-for-walking-away-from-tea-party-group/645201)
**Author:** [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dick-armey-receives-8-million-payday-for-walking-away-from-tea-party-group/645201 "2013-01-02T14:49:06Z")
Not that I really have a problem with a tea party organization getting ripped off. But damn, the tea party rank and file really need to open their eyes to how they’ve been buffaloed and jerked around by the Republican es… --- ## [Infertility](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infertility/645333)
**Author:** [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [January 2, 2013, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infertility/645333 "2013-01-02T11:33:10Z")
Fuck you, infertility. Fuck you for getting in the way and making it hard for this loving couple to start a family. Fuck you for coming to us as a vague and nebulous diagnosis without anything we can fix. Fuck you for dr… --- ## [Decembrants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decembrants/642652)
**Author:** [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Replies:** 699\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/decembrants/642652 "2013-01-01T13:11:57Z")
Bitch bitch bitch --- ## [Asshole at the St. Louis Arch-Diocese and the "Protect our Freedom Of Religion" movement.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-at-the-st-louis-arch-diocese-and-the-protect-our-freedom-of-religion-movement/642653)
**Author:** [@cutman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cutman74)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 30, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asshole-at-the-st-louis-arch-diocese-and-the-protect-our-freedom-of-religion-movement/642653 "2012-12-30T17:55:21Z")
I hate to do this, I’m not very good at it, and I tend to give all people the benefit of the doubt, but around St. Louis I have been seeing billboards put up with a patriotic message: “Support Our Religious Freedom” (ob… --- ## [For the lava god, you dumb bitch...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-lava-god-you-dumb-bitch/645081)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-the-lava-god-you-dumb-bitch/645081 "2012-12-29T16:53:41Z")
Vaccinations do not cause autism. And of the 5 shrinks your boy has been to, only one has ever said “autism” and it was under his breath immediately following the phrase, “I don’t think he’s got any sort of.” Stick wit… --- ## [Effing "MEEP" and the Effing Aholes who Designed IT!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effing-meep-and-the-effing-aholes-who-designed-it/645182)
**Author:** [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 29, 2012, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effing-meep-and-the-effing-aholes-who-designed-it/645182 "2012-12-29T13:28:07Z")
Yeah - if you’re going to market a techno toy to children, you have a moral obligation to print on the face of the box, in large letters so that ex-husbands with joint custody can’t miss it, “OPEN THIS AND REGISTER IT BE… --- ## [Way to do Iowa. Women's bodies are a sin and we men can't help ourselves.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-do-iowa-womens-bodies-are-a-sin-and-we-men-cant-help-ourselves/644851)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 128\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-do-iowa-womens-bodies-are-a-sin-and-we-men-cant-help-ourselves/644851 "2012-12-28T17:12:15Z")
Un-fucking-believable! \[QUOTE=AP:\] IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant that he found attractive simply because he and his wife viewed the woman as a threat to their marriage, the a… --- ## [Don't worry about the planet, God is going to wreck this shit anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [December 28, 2012, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-worry-about-the-planet-god-is-going-to-wreck-this-shit-anyway/644010 "2012-12-28T06:18:50Z")
From here: On some level I understand that a significant minority of people think global warming is a big hoax, so I’m not sure why this enrages me so much. Maybe because it feeds into the end times circle jerk that al… --- ## [Woman who made child porn video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-made-child-porn-video/644655)
**Author:** [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2012, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-who-made-child-porn-video/644655 "2012-12-27T16:44:09Z")
If anyone has any idea who this piece of scum is, use the contact info below --- ## [Die, Brown Marmorated Stink Bugs, Die.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-brown-marmorated-stink-bugs-die/570183)
**Author:** [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2012, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/die-brown-marmorated-stink-bugs-die/570183 "2012-12-26T23:41:22Z")
Here in Maryland, we’ve got these little fuckers. The Brown Marmorated Stinkbug, scourge of the countryside. An invasive species from China or Japan, they were first spotted in 1998 in Pennsylvania. Now they’re all ov… --- ## [Coldhearted, asshole phone thief!!!!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldhearted-asshole-phone-thief/645047)
**Author:** [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coldhearted-asshole-phone-thief/645047 "2012-12-26T21:53:56Z")
Some sleazeball jerk stole my roommate’s cell phone last night, yeah that’s right, Christmas eve Eve. He grabbed it from right in front of her, where she’d placed it, BEHIND the counter at her job. You know? I could a… --- ## [Dear ‘pet psychic’](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pet-psychic/643271)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dear-pet-psychic/643271 "2012-12-25T08:54:39Z")
Go fuck yourself. Sideways, with a rusty claw hammer. Repeatedly. \[Background\] My cat disappeared last weekend, while it’s possible he ran off during some fireworks that were going off a few kilometres away I have a ba… --- ## [What the f\*\*k is wrong with you, you crazy b\*\*ch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-k-is-wrong-with-you-you-crazy-b-ch/644765)
**Author:** [@El\_Burro\_Buenmozo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Burro_Buenmozo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-f-k-is-wrong-with-you-you-crazy-b-ch/644765 "2012-12-24T21:35:48Z")
I have an adult daughter from a previous relationship. She was given up for adoption because I was not ready to be a father and the mom wasn’t any better. My daughter turned out great. Unfortunately, she lives in Colorad… --- ## [Yelp is Yuseless (Filtering)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelp-is-yuseless-filtering/643352)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yelp-is-yuseless-filtering/643352 "2012-12-24T17:32:45Z")
I don’t know how many people are aware of it, but Yelp uses a filtering system that removes reviews according to an arcane, secret and baffling protocol. The result is that most Yelp pages are nearly meaningless in helpi… --- ## [27 dead, 18 children](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-dead-18-children/644050)
**Author:** [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Replies:** 783\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/27-dead-18-children/644050 "2012-12-24T17:24:17Z")
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/state-police-respond-to-report-of-school-shooting-in-newtown-conn-lockdown-in-place/2012/12/14/df59a9aa-4602-11e2-8c8f-fbebf7ccab4e\_story.html I pit the scumbag, asshole, piece of… --- ## [Crafter Man: author of the two most appalling posts I've ever read here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafter-man-author-of-the-two-most-appalling-posts-ive-ever-read-here/644069)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 271\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crafter-man-author-of-the-two-most-appalling-posts-ive-ever-read-here/644069 "2012-12-23T23:12:48Z")
This is the thread, about today’s school shootings. This is Crafter Man’s first post, which I will admit is marginally defensible: After some astonished replies and even the suggestion it was sarcasm, Crafter Man doub… --- ## [Jerry Della Femina - Asshole and total fuckwad of the day.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-della-femina-asshole-and-total-fuckwad-of-the-day/644879)
**Author:** [@R.P.McMurphy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R.P.McMurphy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jerry-della-femina-asshole-and-total-fuckwad-of-the-day/644879 "2012-12-23T16:41:45Z")
Read this shit: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/why\_sold\_manse\_S2vTBG3ajcxfhAeAmcQSrN Poor baby has to sell his $25 million mansion because of Obama. Let’s all cry elephant tears for this asshole that feels totall… --- ## [Newtown School Massacre Happened Because The School Was Too Damn Feminine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newtown-school-massacre-happened-because-the-school-was-too-damn-feminine/644600)
**Author:** [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newtown-school-massacre-happened-because-the-school-was-too-damn-feminine/644600 "2012-12-22T23:24:04Z")
Is this, perhaps, the single worst piece of commentary regarding the Newtown school shooting? http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/335996/newtown-answers-nro-symposium# Just a taste of the idiocy: Now, never mind th… --- ## [I'll bet you would drive better with that cell phone up your ass.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-you-would-drive-better-with-that-cell-phone-up-your-ass/634834)
**Author:** [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Replies:** 254\ **Last updated:** [December 22, 2012, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-bet-you-would-drive-better-with-that-cell-phone-up-your-ass/634834 "2012-12-22T18:05:54Z")
And I volunteer to shove it so far up your ass that you can dial with your tongue. …so, I’m just innocently sitting at a left hand turn light when I noticed that the SUV coming up behind me wasn’t slowing down. Cars on… --- ## [I Pit Premature Sex and the Importance of Sex (especially in Western culture)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-premature-sex-and-the-importance-of-sex-especially-in-western-culture/641127)
**Author:** [@R3d\_Anonymous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/R3d_Anonymous)\ **Replies:** 122\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-premature-sex-and-the-importance-of-sex-especially-in-western-culture/641127 "2012-12-21T20:21:22Z")
I literally cannot believe what I just heard from a few other people. Some people think that 75 PERCENT of whether or not a girl wants to be with you is based on SEX. WHAT ON EARTH? Is that serious? Because really, what … --- ## [Crime at Chuck E. Cheese Pizza Parlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-at-chuck-e-cheese-pizza-parlor/644588)
**Author:** [@Hottius\_Maximus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hottius_Maximus)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crime-at-chuck-e-cheese-pizza-parlor/644588 "2012-12-21T19:12:06Z")
This is a footnote to the Domino’s Pizza thread. I notice on more than one occasion that several incidents of mob violence and crime have occurred there over the years. That’s supposed to be a “family friendly” restaur… --- ## [Let's talk about guns and Americans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-guns-and-americans/644363)
**Author:** [@The\_Librarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Librarian)\ **Replies:** 150\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-guns-and-americans/644363 "2012-12-21T15:20:08Z")
Hi! If you’re American and into guns: move along, nothing to see here. I put this in the pit because I always like the tone of discussion here. The board is all but completely filled with theads about dead kids, swimm… --- ## [I should've stayed in bed today (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shouldve-stayed-in-bed-today-long/644538)
**Author:** [@jools](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jools)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-shouldve-stayed-in-bed-today-long/644538 "2012-12-21T14:36:15Z")
So my day starts like any other. Start the tea, take my shower and wash my hair. As I get out of the shower, there’s a knock at the door (I live in a condo), so wrapped in a towel and my head also in a towel I go to the … --- ## [Is scumpup pro-alcoholic douchebag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699)
**Author:** [@Docta\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Docta_G)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 21, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-scumpup-pro-alcoholic-douchebag/644699 "2012-12-21T14:32:35Z")
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